Washboard.



PATENTED JULY 9 J. T. SARGENT.

WASHBOARD. APPLIOATIONIILBD 00T.27, 1905.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I James T. SARGENT, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, a citizen of the United States, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Washboards, of which improvements the following is aspecification. i

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements in washboar ds in which the brandboard and soap supporting shelf or ledge are formed integral with each other and are combined with a proteeter; a drainage curtain adapted to direct the water flowing from the soap-ledge or shelf down over the rubbing face. I i The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

. In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a washboard having my improvementapplied thereto; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, the plane of section being indicated by the line II-II Fig. 1; Fig. 3- is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the application of my improvement to double faced washboards; Fig; 4 is a sectional view indicated by the line IVIV Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the flange along the sides of the 'Washboard and the manner in which the latter is supported by the legs or side bars. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Figs. 2 and 4, illustrating a further modification of my improvement.

In the practice oi my invention the legs 1, head piece 2, cross bar.3 and back board 4 are formed in the usual -or any suitable manner. The brand board 5 is formed of a sheet of metal of a width at little greater than the distance between the inner walls of the legs, so that the edges of the sheet will project into saw kcrfs in said legs and be thereby supported. It is preferred that the edges of the brand board portion should be turned up as at 6, thesaw kerls being widened so that this turned-up'portion 6 together with the brand board .propcr will form a gutter directing the water flowing into the saw kerf down onto the curtain below the shelf, thus preventing any retention of Water in the saw kerf and the consequent injury to the board. The sheet forming the brand board 5 may be made of sufficient length to permit one end being turned over to form a protector '7 and its opposite end turned over to form a soap ledge orsupport 8. The ends of the protector portion in the construction shown in Figs.- 1 and 2 project into saw-kerfs in the legs immediately below the head piece 2 thereby supporting the protector as against downward fiexure.

- In lieu of a rigid 'protector as shown in Figs. 1 and2 the protector may bepivotally mounted on the brand board as shown in Figs. 3 and 4; As shown thisprotector 7 is supportedin operative position by a spring Specification of Letters Fatent. I Application filed October 27. 1905'. Serial No. 284,668.

Patented July 9, 1907.

preferably arran ed aroundithe trunnion of the pro 'tector and havin its ends secured to the protector and brand board respectively.

The. drainage cu *tain consists of a strip of metal having its lower edge in -single faced washboards project-,

ing in to a rabbet or groove in the front of the cross bar and extending up along the front face of the cross bar behind the brand board. The upper j edge of this drainage curtain may'either have a spring bearing against the back wall of the-brand board as shown in Fig. 2, being held inpositionby thesaw l rerfs in the inner walls of the legs or. may besecuied to the brand board by rivets or otherwise as shown in Figs. 4 and 6.

This drainage curtain which extends from the upper" end of the rubbing face back under the perforated soap lodge or support to the back of the brand board will servetodirect any water from the brand board space or dripping from the soap down over the rubbing face.

It has-heretofore been customary and considered desirable to direct the water draining from the soap or the washboardfthe drainage openings being usually in line with the upper edge of the cross piece. It has been found that this Water thus flowing over the soap or draining away therefrom carries away a considerable splashing up into the brand board space, to the back oi portionof the soap which can be usefully employed in washing. In order to obtain this useful result, provicurtain being adapted to be changed from operative.

position above one rubbing face to a similar position above the other face. These parts can be held in position in the space between the head piece and cross-bar by any suitable means, in the manner shown herein.

In this construction the brand beard and drainage cur-v tain are securedtogethersothatlthey can he slid simul taneously out of one setof grooves or rabbets 10, to another set of grooves 1-1, thus bringing the drainage curtain and the protector on the opposite side of the washboard. It will be understood that where the protector,

brand board, soap shelf and drainage curtain, construct ed as in Fig. l, are made reversible from one side to the other of the washboard; the ends of the protector will not project into saw beds in the legs, which would prevent the removal of the parts from one operative posi:

tion to the other as shown in 3. These reversible parts can be held in position by any suitable means, such for example as a spring finger 12 secured to the except as regards the brand board, protector, soap ledge and drainage curtain is constructed in the usual manner. The head piece, upper cross bar and upper portions of the side bars or legs form a peripherally closed space in which thu iinperiorate board placedv I claim herein as my invention: I

1. A \vashboard having a peripherally inriosed brandhoard spac, an iuiperl'orate brand board havini: a soap ledge formed integral' therowith. and a protertor, s-U i parts being arranu'ed in tho brand board space.

A washbonrd harinz a periphernli \"inciosed brand hoard spare in rombination with a brand board and soap lodgefanned int' :11 with each other. a. protwtor rarried by the brand-Imam. said parts being: arranged in the branddioard sp: a, and a drainaae rurrain nxtondin: from behind the brand board down over tho time bar. so as to direct drainage onto the rnbbin: (aria 3. A \\'.'l$i ii|fltli(i havin, a n-riplnraIl im'ioswi brand board splice in t-onibinaiion with an imperl'orate brand board, a protrei'or, a soapledgn. said parts hnin formed integral with each othr-r and arranged in iiit brain] board space.

4. A \vashboard having pt-riphnraliy inrlosnd brand i board space in combination with a brand boardv a protector. a soap ledge formed integral with cash other and arrangnd in the brand-board space, n drainage curtain extending from behind the hrandboard down over the cross bar so as to direct (1r: nage onto the runnin; face. i

A double 1': Md \\'ashhoard, having, in combination therewith a, bramhboard and so.-ip-l( d' fn formed inltrwiih each othnr, a protm-tor carried by the brund-board. said parts being rr'rnrsibln from operative posit ion above (me rubbing Lo operative position above rho othnr fat-Ia i A double famed washbnard having in voinbination therewith. a brand-board and a soaph-dge formed intneral with the brand-board. a protnrtor tIll'liHi by HIP brand board. a drainage curtain onhruxliln, from 11 i)i'fli1ti-ilt)ill'ti forward to a point br-iou' iilt' soap-lodgev said parts br-im, ruvnrsible from operaiivn position abovo om: rubbing far-e to opnratire position above the other fur-r9.

T. A double I'm-rd \rashboard hu\' i in ronibinatiou iln-rvwith :i nrandboard. proter'tor and soap-India f rnnwi integral with eat-h othni and :1 dr: go rurlnin Sl 'iil'tti to the braini'board and (-xwnding' from behind lili brand board forward below lhn soapdedgta aiti parts bring rn 

